reminder - after the threshold was lowered from 60 senators to 51 senators (ending the filibuster option for Supreme Court appointments), the #GOP were able to confirm Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett
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By firing Scott Pelley, editor-in-chief of CBS News Bari Weiss has single-handedly destroyed the most brilliant investigative newsmagazine in network history, 60 Minutes. Weiss exemplifies everything MAGA is about: ego, incompetence, and blithering idiocy.
NEW: Backstory on the drama at CBS News tonight...
Bari Weiss, Nick Bilton, Tom Cibrowski, and CBS HR invited Scott Pelley to a meeting at 5pm ET tonight to discuss a path forward after his vocal protest earlier this week in the 60 Minutes all-hands.
The two sides did not find common ground. Bari & Co. were left with sense that Scott was not open minded about reaching detente; meanwhile, Scott maintained strong frustrations with leadership.
Scott left meeting and was told they'd have an update on his employment in a matter of minutes... instead, Bari and her team deliberated for several hours.
At around 9:30 p.m., Nick Bilton, the new 60 Minutes E.P., sent this letter to Scott (see tweet below) in which he tells him he has been terminated "for cause." He also sent a memo to staff (see tweet below that).
The language in Nick's memo suggests a legal fight coming. No response yet from Pelley.
The People’s House has stood for 226 years. America hits its 250th birthday next month. Instead of dignity or reflection, we get this sad, trashed-out mess right on the lawn.
One photo that screams what he’s done to this great nation.
Norm Macdonald tells a hilarious story about Milwaukee Brewers announcer Bob Uecker and John Fogerty on a classic episode of the Late Show with David Letterman.
BREAKING: So many LGBTQ+ groups are reportedly buying tickets to Trump’s White House UFC fight to co-opt it into an “America’s Coming Out Of The Closet Party” that Trump’s website crashed.
The Bears were hoping this property where Our Lady of the Blessed Shroud stands would be demolished so they could build their new stadium. However, at the last minute, someone came up with the $5,000 over due tax payment.
1976 bicentennial performers (live and TV):
Elvis Presley, Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, Bob Hope, Paul Anka, Walter Cronkite, Santana, The Who, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Miracles, Tavares, Lionel Hampton, Ringo Starr, The Moody Blues, Three Dog Night, America, The O'Jays, Hank Williams Jr., La Toya Jackson, The Mississippi Delta Blues Band, the United States Marine Band, the US Army, Navy and Air Force Bands, the all-city marching bands.
2026 250th anniv. performers:
Donald J. Trump
Vanilla Ice
@CALEBcsw I showed that HR to my son and told him it doesn’t matter if the whole world tells you you’re no good . .
As long as YOU never stop believing that YOU are what YOU think you are
PCA did it last night and Caleb has many times too
LFG Chicagooooo
If you do not understand by now that this vile edifice has nothing to do with dancing and everything to do with the imposition of martial law in Washington, I don't know what to tell you except that it's time to put the Berenstain Bears books aside and start reading history books
BASH: On the reflecting pool, the Times reports you awarded two multimillion no bid contracts. Is that true?
BURGUM: Well, this is expedited contracting to get these projects done
BASH: Does that mean 'no bid'?
BURGUM: You're implying something untoward is going on
BASH: The company doing the reflecting pool has a 20% project margin. Standard is 6-12%.